Can't format external HDD (after Time Machine Failure)
I have an external HDD that I was trying to setup for Time Machine. That process failed.
I now want to reformat the disk. When I go to Disk Utility I see this:
The partition is greyed, which would be okay.
I right-click the Physical Disk, select erase and this:
Then Disk Utility takes "a bit too long" to unmount the disk (which is odd, because the disk is not mounted) and finally I get this:
Can you help me?
I do not need the data on the disk. I just want to erase it and use it for other purposes.
Thank you.
iMac Pro, macOS 12.0